... so "sneakernet", without the hassle of having to physically copy, carry, and then move messages around from computer to computer? Interesting...

No way near that much wider adoption though, but as everyone knows; so was the Internet with academics at one time. And continued niche status is a plus, as far as many would be concerned.

I do think distributed communication, as a concept, lacks a great deal of significance absent peer-to-peer messaging that is truly independent of any single-entity third party, so this type of tech is definitely something to watch out for, even if only as a precursor to future solutions.